WEBVTT 00:08.819 --> 00:11.559 The overall purpose of exercise capable 00:11.559 --> 00:13.781 cavalier was to integrate the different 00:13.781 --> 00:15.726 squadrons that would be needed and 00:15.726 --> 00:18.159 necessary to work together in a mascal 00:18.159 --> 00:20.326 situation . Our scenario was there was 00:20.326 --> 00:22.159 a missile strike at their dining 00:22.159 --> 00:24.048 facility . Some of the casualties 00:24.048 --> 00:25.881 couldn't make it to the hardened 00:25.881 --> 00:28.103 shelters or bunkers in time , so we had 00:28.103 --> 00:29.826 medics respond to that masscal 00:29.826 --> 00:31.937 situation . You would have to call in 00:31.937 --> 00:34.048 helicopters to get your most critical 00:34.048 --> 00:33.719 out , and take them here on the flight 00:33.719 --> 00:35.552 line . So when you're . Triaging 00:35.552 --> 00:37.497 patients , it's essential . If you 00:37.497 --> 00:39.719 don't triage the right person to get on 00:39.719 --> 00:39.174 the helicopter , maybe they don't make 00:39.174 --> 00:41.185 it to be evacuated . Patients are 00:41.185 --> 00:43.296 brought to us in this scenario off of 00:43.296 --> 00:45.463 dust off . Dust off is the Army combat 00:45.463 --> 00:47.574 medevac element . In this situation , 00:47.574 --> 00:49.852 we had two critically injured patients , 00:49.852 --> 00:51.963 one that needed airway intervention , 00:51.963 --> 00:53.852 so me and the doc approached that 00:53.852 --> 00:55.741 patient and took the airway . Our 00:55.741 --> 00:57.963 doctor initially approaches the dustoff 00:57.963 --> 01:00.185 team and establishes patient priorities 01:00.185 --> 01:02.352 and will disperse his team as needed . 01:02.352 --> 01:04.407 We just want to get all the patients 01:04.407 --> 01:06.629 out as quickly as we could and get them 01:06.629 --> 01:08.741 to a higher level of care . There's a 01:08.741 --> 01:08.550 lot of things we don't do like loading 01:08.550 --> 01:10.772 the Ambus , loading up 20 plus patients 01:10.772 --> 01:12.994 on a C-130 . What does that look like ? 01:12.994 --> 01:15.161 It's , you know , the first time a lot 01:15.161 --> 01:17.328 of the Army folks had loaded a C-130 . 01:17.328 --> 01:19.494 It's the first time a lot of Air Force 01:19.494 --> 01:21.494 folks had loaded an Army Black Hawk 01:21.494 --> 01:23.661 helicopter . I was really happy to see 01:23.661 --> 01:25.550 how well the Army and air medical 01:25.550 --> 01:27.661 assets integrated , how effective the 01:27.661 --> 01:29.606 communication was . Coming off the 01:29.606 --> 01:31.939 helicopter and coming onto the aircraft , 01:31.939 --> 01:34.161 there was a total focus on safety , and 01:34.161 --> 01:36.328 I think all of our training objectives 01:36.328 --> 01:35.925 were achieved today . The key challenge 01:35.925 --> 01:37.925 is logistics and coordination . It 01:37.925 --> 01:40.092 doesn't matter how good of a medic you 01:40.092 --> 01:42.258 are right on the ground . If you can't 01:42.258 --> 01:44.147 get your patient evacuated , then 01:44.147 --> 01:46.369 you've essentially failed them . But in 01:46.369 --> 01:48.369 a masscal we'd all be helping out , 01:48.369 --> 01:50.592 playing those parts , and it's great to 01:50.592 --> 01:52.425 practice this in training in the 01:52.425 --> 01:54.481 daylight rather than your first time 01:54.481 --> 01:54.144 being real world in the dark .